Buttermilk Falls (NY State)

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-- Carlos Co (co@che.udel.edu), November 05, 1998

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Appears to be slightly underexposed, but I like the colors and compostion, the water leads my eye right up to the trees.

-- Tait Stangl (taits@usa.net), November 05, 1998.

Yeah, now that I've seen it on monitors other than the one I used to "work" the picture out of the Photo-CD, I agree that it is underexposed for most monitors.

-- Carlos Co (co@che.udel.edu), November 05, 1998.

Very nice. Clasic Fall scene!

Either the scan or the slide is underexposed by almost a stop though. How did you meter this one?

Compositionally, not knowing what's there, of course, I think it would look better if you didn't crop it so tightly, and showed more of the stream at the bottom.

The number one mistake most advanced shooters make is cropping too tightly. Always shoot more loosely than you need to. Yes it's true that 35mm can't be enlarged very much, but adding a little bit at each end leaves you room when it comes time to print a standard format 8x10,16x20, etc.

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), November 05, 1998.


I took 3 slides of this picture in 1/2 stop increments. This one was right in the middle and looked best to me when seen on the light table ... I wish I can brighten this picture up digitally and "edit" this post. Keith, I agree absolutely that it is framed too tightly on the sides, but the left side was boring green trees, while the right side is a trail with some people. I hoped to include the pool at the bottom but I couldn't find a sufficiently high viewpoint to avoid a miniature dam and some more people.

-- Carlos Co (co@che.udel.edu), November 05, 1998.

Carlos, what do you mean you wish you can edit this post. Of course you can, stupid.

-- Carlos Co (co@che.udel.edu), November 05, 1998.


Nice edit. :>

I figured there was a reason for the cropping. 'Scuse the "lecture". ;>

You sure have nice country there. I wish Fall lasted longer. Sigh... Thanks for sharing that.

Keith

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), November 06, 1998.


Looks like a milk truck lost its load.

-- Robert Kuciak (newage@ica.net), November 06, 1998.

Buttermilk fallsis certainly a suitable name. I agree with Keith, the cropping is a little tight.

-- Paul Lenson (lenson@pci.on.ca), November 06, 1998.

Somehow this doesn't quite make it for me and I'm not sure why. Perhaps it's the tight cropping as others have suggested. Also, it's almost in 2 halves - trees in the upper, falls in the lower - and maybe seems to symetric? The falls are only on a slight diagonal. Perhaps it would have worked better with a more diagonal compostion. It's hard to say. The latest scan also looks way magenta to me, but that's probably a scan or processing artifact. The color looks much better shifted a little towards the green.

-- Bob Atkins (rmatkins@hotmail.com), November 06, 1998.

This exposure looks fine on my monitor, but I agree that the cropping is way too tight. Since the surroundings are "non nature" distractions, I guess the tight cropping is un-avoidable.

-- Shun Cheung (shun@worldnet.att.net), November 07, 1998.


This name of the falls is really Buttermilk Falls (Ithaca, NY) - I didn't make it up! Thanks for all your opinions about this picture. I felt this picture was ok, but I couldn't quite figure out how to improve on it when I go back to Ithaca next year.

-- Carlos Co (co@che.udel.edu), November 07, 1998.

Carlos,
Specialists for nature photos have said their opinion. Maybe they are right but I must say I like this picture very much - I like the different colors of trees in contrast to white water and I have very good "fall" feeling - looking at this picture. I think it wasn't unnecessary shot. Thanks for sharing it.

-- Stanislav Kaczor (stanislav.kaczor@kabelplus.cz), November 07, 1998.

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